"toss around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tosses around [present, singular, third-person], tossing around [participle, present], tossed around [participle, past], tossed around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} toss around (third-person singular simple present tosses around, present participle tossing around, simple past and past participle tossed around)
  1. To offer for suggestion. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-toss_around-en-verb-clvXt31o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (around): 80 20
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To toss (throw) from one person to another.. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-toss_around-en-verb-95eigyqx Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for toss around meaning in English (1.7kB)

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